Sarah Perry | 'The true Gothic is a sensation, not a genre'

Sarah Perry’s latest is a Gothic horror which makes us think about the human capacity for good and evil. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'True one off' author Anne Rice dies, aged 80

The American author Anne Rice, best known for Interview with the Vampire, has died aged 80 with Chatto & Windus paying tribute to the "true one-off". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-12 22:02:56 UTC ]
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Sarah Vaughan | 'I am fascinated by why people are willing to put themselves in the public eye'

Sarah Vaughan returns to the corridors of Westminster in a thrilling new story of power plays. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-10 05:20:09 UTC ]
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Exclusive cover reveal: Sarah Thankam Mathews’ All This Could Be Different.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Sarah Thankam Mathews’ debut novel All This Could Be Different, which will be published by Viking—who acquired it in an 8-way auction—in summer 2022. The publisher describes the book as “an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 15:00:16 UTC ]
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S&S seizes two more YA novels from TikTok sensation Silvera

Simon & Schuster has scooped two more "brilliant" YA novels from Adam Silvera, including a new book set in the same universe as his viral TikTok phenomenon They Both Die at The End (S&S). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-30 18:53:33 UTC ]
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‘True Grit’ is a modern classic, but it’s not the only great work by Charles Portis

I binge-read Portis’s books — “Norwood,” “The Dog of the South” and more. They offered just the lift I needed. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Winman’s ‘Still Life’ feels like a Saturday night among old friends

“Still Life” is that rare, affectionate novel that makes one feel grateful to have been carried along. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Winman wins inaugural £10k InWords Literary Award

Sarah Winman has won the inaugural InWords Literary Award, for her "transcendent, utterly humane" novel Still Life (Fourth Estate). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-17 15:33:39 UTC ]
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Sarah Gilmartin | 'I loved writing and I knew I wanted to continue to do it after college'

Sarah Gilmartin admits "there has been a game-keeper turned poacher headline” in the Irish press in the run-up to the release of her début novel, after putting in eight years as a literary critic for the Irish Times. And she was a very specific sort of gamekeeper, as her brief for the Times was... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-10 12:32:50 UTC ]
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10 Southern Gothic Novels that Changed the Game

Daryl Gregory, author of the new novel 'Revelator,' recommends 10 groundbreaking Southern gothics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking bags 'richly atmospheric' gothic novel from Underdown

Viking has bagged a "richly atmospheric" gothic novel from Beth Underdown in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 03:36:53 UTC ]
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Sarah Ferguson’s Mills & Boon novel edges on to UK bestsellers chart

Historical romance Her Heart for a Compass has made it to the official UK book chart – but it still lies well clear of Bridgerton’s successIt’s not quite Bridgerton levels of sales, but Sarah Ferguson’s first venture into the romantic fiction market, Her Heart for a Compass, has nonetheless made... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-08-17 15:54:59 UTC ]
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A true-crime columnist turns his attention to Victorian-era serial killer Thomas Neill Cream

“The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream,” by Dean Jobb, re-creates the homicidal doctor’s heartless life in short, highly dramatic chapters. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-11 16:06:45 UTC ]
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Julie Klam was fascinated by the saga of her immigrant relatives. Was it even true?

In “The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters,” an author gets to the bottom of family lore. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Panel Mania: Let's Make Dumplings!: A Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan

Chef and author Hugh Amano and artist Sarah Becan followup their 2019 comic book cookbook on Ramen, with an equally useful comics guide to the global popularity of dumplings of all kinds—in this case, Asian dumplings. A six-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The True Meaning of Hamlet’s ‘Frailty, Thy Name is Woman’

‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ is one of dozens of famous expressions that have entered common speech, but which originated in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The old quip about Hamlet, that it’s ‘too full of quotations’, wittily sums up the play’s influence on not just English literature but on the... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2021-06-24 17:00:06 UTC ]
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‘Le Divorce’ was a ’90s sensation. Diane Johnson is back again with another hit.

‘Lorna Mott Comes Home’ is signature Johnson: a delightful, jet-setting comedy of manners. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-21 06:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Genre-Bending Story Collections

Brenda Peynado, author of 'The Rock Eaters,' picks 10 story collections that refuse to be categorized. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Creepiest Gothic Novels

Elizabeth Brooks, author of the new novel, 'The Whispering House,' picks the 10 most spine-chilling gothic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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L.A. is gloriously unstable ground for Sarah Shun-lien Bynum's slippery stories

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, author of the story collection "Likes," a finalist for the Times Book Prize in fiction, talks about her destabilizing work. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-08 13:30:24 UTC ]
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